Usually means: Fungal infection affecting skin, scalp.
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  1. favus: Merriam-Webster
  2. favus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. favus: Collins English Dictionary
  4. favus: Vocabulary.com
  5. favus: Wordnik
  6. favus: Wiktionary
  7. favus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. favus: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. favus: Dictionary.com
  10. Favus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Favus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. favus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. favus: Rhymezone
  14. Favus: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. favus: FreeDictionary.org
  16. favus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. favus: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. favus: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. favus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  5. favus: Medical dictionary
  6. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (favus)

noun:  (medicine) A severe, chronic infection of ringworm.
noun:  A tile or flagstone cut into a hexagonal shape to produce a honeycomb pattern.

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